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President of CFO Leadership Council Interviews Lecturer Suzy Taherian
Lecturer Suzy Taherian is interviewed by Jack McCullough, president of CFO leadership council, on LinkedIn Live as they look back on Taherian's predictions about the impact of COVID-19 on businesses and the future of finance.

MBA-Led Start-Up Earns $10K at 21st Annual Big Bang! Business Competition
An Airbnb for EV drivers
Led by Founder and CEO Angel Daniel Melchor and Chief Business Officer Meredith Roberts, a pair of UC Davis MBA students, local start-up INN>CHRG won the $10K Energy + Sustainability Award as part of the Big Bang! Business Competition.

The Power of Empathy
"Empathy tends to transform your understanding of the problem," says professor Andy Hargadon as he joins alum Mac Clemmens to discuss the power of empathy in the business world.

UC Davis in Top Tier of CEO Magazine's 2021 Global MBA Rankings
CEO Magazine’s global business school ranking first launched in 2008. The UC Davis Full-Time MBA again is in the Global Top Tier. With faculty quality weighted heavily at 35%, it reaffirms The Economist’s No. 2 global ranking of our faculty.

47 Best Public B-Schools for a Full-Time MBA
UC Davis Full-Time MBA ranked in top 30 at public universities
Attending a top-ranked public business school as an in-state student is one way to save on costs. The UC Davis Full-Time MBA is ranked 28th among U.S. News & World Report’s top programs at public universities.

College Honors 2021 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Recipients
Mike Child B.S. 76, a benefactor of the Mike and Renee Child Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, has been recognized as a distinguished alumnus by the College of Engineering for his professional and personal achievements.

Adapting Higher Education for the Lifelong Learner
Dean H. Rao Unnava talks with Andrew Hermalyn, president of global partnerships at 2U, Inc., about four major factors changing the landscape at universities and how life-long education has become more adaptive and flexible over time.

Trading Stock Tips on TikTok, Newbies are Deeply Invested in Learning
Professor Brad Barber says the surge of new investors during the pandemic is typical for a bull market as the expanding social media universe allows popular trading ideas to be quickly amplified—a recipe for more volatility.

New Rapid COVID-19 Test the Result of Partnership with Maurice Gallagher
UC Davis and alumnus Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr., CEO of Allegiant Travel Company, partner on first COVID-19 test involving mass spectrometry, robotics and machine learning. The Gallaghers' major gift in 2007 named Gallagher Hall, our campus home.

Historic Pandemics Data Provide Warning for Owners of Capital
A working paper from Professor Alan Taylor studies the historical record of post-pandemic economies and describes a natural slide in interest rates, meaning younger working people will increase their share of income relative to retirees.

Central Banks Should Not Target House Prices | Opinion
Professor Alan Taylor and his fellow economists studied house prices and interest rates across 14 countries and found that a one percent rise in interest rates reduces the ratio of house prices to incomes by about four percent.

Where International MBA Students Go in the U.S. Top 50 & What They’re Paid After Graduating
The 47th-ranked UC Davis Full-Time MBA program saw one of the biggest gains in starting salary for new graduates improving by 32.2% from 2019 to 2020 to an average of $122,973.